It was fantastic to see the children all dressed in blue on Monday in recognition of the start of anti-bullying week and I can tell from the assemblies, held at the end of the day, some valuable lessons were learned.
Thank you to the parents who came into school for the Early years coffee morning in support of Children in Need. I must say the donated cakes/biscuits were delicious.
Punctuality
I am very disappointed that so many children are arriving at school late (after 8:45). Pupils arriving late often feel uncomfortable walking into class after lessons have begun and it is very disruptive for the rest of the class. I will be monitoring this carefully over the next few weeks as it needs to improve.
Also, please be reminded EYFS/KS1 children should be collected from school at 3:00pm and KS2 children at 3:10pm. We seem to have an ever increasing number of children waiting in reception at the end of the day for parents/siblings who are late collecting them. It is NOT acceptable for the children to have to wait for their brothers and sisters from secondary schools to collect them and if this continues I will have no choice other than referring to external agencies.
Diary Dates
Monday 19th November-Some potential new reception parents will be coming to have a look at our school between 10:00 and 10:30. During the afternoon some of our year 4 pupils will be attending Draper’s Brookside Primary school for a Mary Poppins history session.
Tuesday 20th November- Greece class will be going to MOD Pizza in the morning and Year 4 will have their second West Ham Health programme session in the afternoon. After school our netball team will be taking on a team from Hilldene-Good luck Meadies!
Wednesday 21st November -Some of our year 3 children will be attending a Forest School session during the afternoon while our year 2 Spinebreakers will be going to browse the books at Hilldene Library.
Thursday 22nd November -During the morning our KS1 children will be watching the pantomime Aladdin in school.
Friday 23rd November -Parents of our year 1 pupils are invited into school for their showcase between 14:00 and 15:00
Key Dates for the Autumn Term 2018
Monday 10th December - KS1 Nativity@ 14:00
Tuesday 11th December - KS1 Nativity@ 9:30
YR 3/4 Carol concert @14:00
Wednesday 12th December - YR 3/4 Carol concert@ 9:30
Reception Xmas concert @ 14:15
Thursday 13th December - Reception Xmas concert @ 9:15
YR 5/6 Carol Concert @14:00
Friday 15th December - CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
YR 5/6 Carol Concert @9:30
Nursery Nativity @ 10:30 & 14:00
Tuesday 18th December - Carol service@ St Paul’s 18:00-19:00
Wednesday 19th December -Last day of the Autumn Term.
Tuesday 8th January - Pupils return to school after the Xmas break
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 19th November is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20. Meals are free to our KS1/EYFS pupils.
Please be reminded to top up your child’s catering account as we cannot provide dinners for pupils whose accounts exceed a debt of £10.
Attendance Update
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 97.7% . Wales had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 96.7% and Egypt had the highest attendance in KS1 at 95.8%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was 95% which is slightly below our target-Hopefully we can improve it next week!
YR 3/4 Carol concert @14:00
Wednesday 12th December - YR 3/4 Carol concert@ 9:30
Reception Xmas concert @ 14:15
Thursday 13th December - Reception Xmas concert @ 9:15
YR 5/6 Carol Concert @14:00
Friday 15th December - CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
YR 5/6 Carol Concert @9:30
Nursery Nativity @ 10:30 & 14:00
Tuesday 18th December - Carol service@ St Paul’s 18:00-19:00
Wednesday 19th December -Last day of the Autumn Term.
Tuesday 8th January - Pupils return to school after the Xmas break
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 19th November is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20. Meals are free to our KS1/EYFS pupils.
Please be reminded to top up your child’s catering account as we cannot provide dinners for pupils whose accounts exceed a debt of £10.
Attendance Update
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 97.7% . Wales had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 96.7% and Egypt had the highest attendance in KS1 at 95.8%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was 95% which is slightly below our target-Hopefully we can improve it next week!
Have a good weekend
Mrs L. Smith
